Valve.



W; L. OSBORNE.

VALVE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULYvzs. 1909.

' Patented, 001125. 1910iy composed o two.

' o fthe bodygandfboirnetare inclined WILLIAM L. OSBORNE,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. y

VALVE.

Specieation of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 25, 1910.'

Application-tile.d July 23, 1909. -Ser1a1No. 509,155.

I To dlylihhom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM L. Genomen,Y

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves; and'I do hereby declare that the following is -a full, clear, andl exact description thereof, reference being had to the accom anying drawings, and to the letters of re erence marked thereon, which form a part of this specilica.

tion.

.This invention rela-tes to improvements-in valves and the invention refers more specifically -to an improved combined cut o lf and expansion valve adapted to be inserted in a pipe .leadingvfrom a space of high pressure 'to a"space of lower pressure to cut olf the ow of fluid-from one space' to the other and to. control thenexpansion, at the. valve, of fluid passing from the space of high pressure to the space of lowipressure. For instance, the/valye may be used in la pipe or conduit which connects the'expansion' chamber i' a' refrigeratoror the like with a source supplying. the refrigerating-liquid that expands in said chamber to produce the refrigerating effect.

' Among theobje'cts of the invention is to rovide an improved construction of valve ihr' this pur ose arranged to control the expansion of t e fluid, and also to avoid wear o n the seatingfaces of the shut olf valve and Valve seat due to the high velocity of the fiuid passing through the valve. The inventionlconsists lin the matters Vhereinafter set lforth y and more particularly pointed out inthe pended claims.

a In the drawings, gigure 1 is a central lonf gitudinal section of the valve casing and the 'valve piece, show-ing the valvel stem in geleva tion. Fig. 2 .is an enlarged view of the valve iece,'showing the val-ve s eatin section. ig. 3 is a-botto'mplan view of the 5 valve piece. Fig. --4 is a view 'partially in elevation and valve seatand valve piece, showing a. modilication.- Fig, 5fis a'sectiona'l View ofthe renewable expansion 'and {wear ring ofthe valve 'l The easin body 10- and the"l onnet 1v1, the latter prov ided with a neck .Nh-ich the valve stein 13 extends. The mt- 'partially'in section of the' ,ofthevalve herein shown is l'principal parts, the valve' 12 outwardly4 through l' [jat an angle ofv forty-five degrees andere bolted together by bolts lll-'14 which.extend through flanges of the valve casin parts. Said'meeting end faces are provide with mutually'interfttin in shown the 'body annular shoulder' l'which fits a correspondingly annular shoulder'lfof the bonnet 11. The body is provided also at av distance inside of, and concentric with the shoulder 15, with an annular flange 17 whichl extends into the cylindric opening 19 of the chamber-20 that receives the ,swiveled' valve piece '21 carried by the lowerend of. the stein 13. The valve stem 18 has screw-threaded conthe actionof 'the bolt-s 14, the packing ring is compressed which complete y surround the same, 4to pro-l vide 'a fluid tight joint between the valve. casing parts. A The construction 'of the valve casing p stem t bringfthe inlet-and outlet paages 25, 26of'the` valve either parallel with-each o'theI-,for use ina' straight line or at. right angles to'each other', to connect the-valve in-aI righty dellected line of pip.' .may however be aplled standard valve casings angle of a My im rovements to va ves having formed of af'sft metal ring 35 which is inserted or embedded in an annulargroove said -rin engages an annular vulve seat 36 herein s vownaround the y'opi'exiing 37 therein which e011- n'ects he two sides ofthe valve. The' valve face n may'extend beyond the valve piece concentric annular offsets adapted to hol the parts laterally l in place with respect to each other.' As here- 10 -is Aprovided with an' nection with "thebonnet and is providedat.

against all the metal surfaces,-

describedpermitsl one' arts to be rotated.relatively-tothe other-aboutthe-axis of the valve 5 of 1 pipe, as required its formed .on the valve body* ring is placed under compression through .The seatingl face of. the -valve piece is io5` inthe lower face of the valve piece, and

' seat, and thus preventsjwire drawin on the valve seat andthe facinlg is further-lifted the cy i i 36, shown in Fig. and Fi 2, or it niaK -be embedded in the swivel va ve' piece w-it its seating face fiushwith the lower face of said valve piece, as shown in Fig. 4. In the latter figure said-face ringis designated by 38. In the latter construction the valve seat is formed on a raised annular projection 39 integral with the valve body. The said 7 swivel valve piece is provided with a' downwardly projectingexten'sion 42 that extends throu h a hard metal ring 43 that is screwthrea ed in the opening 37 a distance below the valve seat. Said rin is rovided at its upper end with an annu' ar ange 44 whichengagesan upwardly facing annular surface of the valve body within the seat to limit the downward movement of the ring. The openin in said ring lis formed at'its upper side' with a short flaring portion 45 and at its lower side with a wider Haring portion 4.6,.a`nd betweensaid flari-ng portions with ai dylindrical 'portion 47 which bounds the smallest orr'nost restricted diameter of the ring opening. The extension 42 of the valve piece 1sv tapered at its lower end to pass` freely through the ring 43 and is formed at its u per end with a cylindrical portion 48 whic constitutes the largest diameter of the extension and which, when the valve is seated fits closely in the restricted portion of the hard metal ring opening. The said extenl sion 42 is hardened to 'resist wear due to the rapid How or wire drawing of .fluid through the ."restricted. passage .between the ,same and said ring -when the valve first begins to open.

When the valve is raised ofitsvseat, the

.engagement of the extension 42 with the hard metal ring revente the passage of Huid l through the va ve inmediately upon the raising of the swivel'piece face ring o' its ring.

the extension 42- is withdrawn from the r'estricted rtion of the hard metal ring to permit t e flow of fiuid through the valve'.

At this time theswivel'valve piece 'facing u -ring is vlifted-a greater distance from the .seat than the distance between the extension and hard metal ring, and, as a consequence, theflow of'liquid willA be relatively slower .through the larger spiace vbetween-"the face ring and valve seat t an througl1'-the passage between ythe ring 43 and extension 42, and the wear vdue 'to the lhigh velocity of the fluid'will be brought princi all upon the valve ieee extension and ar metal rin The ardenedextension'andring are` f we capall of resisting such wear or wire :on and relieves the'closi artsA 4of the valve proper almost wholly, 1 not drawing a entirely of suchv wearing action of the fluid.

Moreover by reason of the'removabilit'y of the rin ,Y said ring when worn may be replaced y a new ring, andthereby preserve As t e valve y indric portion 48 of 'valve seat being greater in .the valve the proper extension.' and the flaring of the ring enables the area of the passage between the ring and -eirtension to be varied as desired and thereby conproportions between the ring and I The tapering of the extension trol the expansion of thel uid at this point at will.

It will be observed that the valve seat is located at such radial distance from the wall of the assage into which the extension projects t at there will always be a larger space between the extension and the valve seat-than between the extension and the said passage wall nallpositions` of the valve piece, whereby Wear, due to wire drawing of the fluid, will always be brought upon the extension and ring.4

Not only may the .structure of the valve casing be varied but' I may substitute for the soft metal 'facing rings a ground join between the seat and valve piece. y

The arrangement described provides an exceedingly simple construction for relievingthe main'seat and valve piece, which are relied upon to effect the closing ofthe valve, from wear due to -the high velocity of the Huid assing through the valve, and to regu late t e area of the valve'opening so as to control the expansion ofthe fluid passing therethrough as desired..

It is practicable to make the ring 43 sli ghtly softer than .theprojeetioi'i of the valve piece so that saidmring, which is readily replac' able, will take the greater part. of 'the wear and-may be economically replaced. l'

It will be obvious that the structural details of the valve vmay be slightly varied within the spirit and sco e of the invention and the invention is not imited to s1 1cli-de 4 vtailsl except as made the subjecty of specific claims.

I claim as my invention. 1. A cut off and' expansion valve having an annular valve seat surrounding thepasi sage connecting the two sides of the valve, a valve-piece movable toward and from, and adaptedto en age, said seat vto close the valve and an e ongated hardened projection which enters said passage and is reduced or 'tapered toward its end and adapted to closely iitat its largest diameter -the most restricted diameter 'of said passage at'. a distance from the plane of the valveseat, said passage 'being tapered' or enlarged-in the direction of dow of fluid through the valve, and the distance between the projection and a l positions -of (piece-than that between the projection' an sage engaged bysaid projection.

having an annularI valve'seat surroundin the passagewhich connects the two sides o the valve, a valve piece movable toward and from, and adapted to engage', said-seat to the part of the wall Vo' said pas- 2. .A combined c ut oil and expansion valveclose the valve, and a separately` formed,

removable and renewable ring fixed in said passage at a distance from the plane of the seat and enlarged or flared at its outer end in the direction Aof the flow of the Huid throu h the valve, the valve piece being rovi ed with an elongated, tapered pro- ]ection which enters said ring and is adaptclosely in the smallestJ diameter of said ring when the valve piece is seated, and

to be withdrawn from the ring as the valve. is opened.

3. A combined cut off and expansion valve comprising a casing provided with a valve seat `which surrounds the passa e that con nects the twosidesv of the va ve,'a valve stem, `a valve piece swiveled to the stem and adapted to engage said seat and a separately with alirselongated projection W WILLIAM L. osBonN-E.

Vitnesses YV. L. HALL, CARL H. CRAWFORD. 

